The Ultimate Cookie

This weekend I made the Ultimate Cookie. I made this:

[Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough]

And combined it with these:

[Double Stuffed Oreos]

To make this:

[Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie]

And the first bite, was like this:

[Amazing!]

These were seriously the hugest cookies I have ever made. They looked like large hockey pucks right before I put them in the oven.

[Hockey Puck like Cookies]

I have seen these Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip cookies all over the place lately. They have been on several blogs that I frequent so I just had to try them. I'm really glad I did...and so is my boyfriend...and my roommate...and several of my co-workers :)

I had a small issue as I was making these, I snapped the handle right off my measuring cup. Sad day.

[Man-Down]

Legacy Builders of Woodbury

Legacy Builders of Woodbury is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the educational experience of teachers and students in Woodbury, Minnesota and surrounding areas. When the Legacy Builders contacted Holy Hannah's for a donation to their gala event that is happening tonight at Prestwick golf course, we were more than willing to lend our services.

So after a few hours and 160 cake balls later we finished! Each cake ball was dipped in chocolate candy melt and adorned with a different color drizzle and sprinkles.

160 Cake Balls

Now that's a whole BIG slew

The Basic Design

These were one of our favorites

Business Card Attached

Holy Hannah's Bakeshop

Hopefully the Gala goes off without a hitch and everyone enjoys their cake ball desserts!

Birthday Treats

A friend of ours, Mallory, ordered some delicious cake pops and cake balls for her birthday. She ordered the classic cupcake pops. It was great to make these, we haven't done them in quite some time. Mallory's coworkers are awfully lucky people!

Cupcake Pops

Thanks Mal and Holy Hannah's hopes you had a very special birthday!

Cookies N Cream Peanut Butter Pie

Doesn't that title just sound delightful? My roommate had one of those dessert cheesecake ball mixes and asked if I could just make it for her. She doesn't bake a whole lot and I was happy to step up to the plate. I was about to make it when the package took me in a whole other direction because this mix was capable of making a Cookies N Cream Peanut Butter Pie!

So I mixed together the package contents, 1/2 cup of peanut butter, 8 oz. of cream cheese, and a container of cool whip. I loaded the mixture into a graham cracker pie crust and topped it with a chocolate crumbled topping provided from the mix.

It was the easiest pie I have ever made and it was delightful ;)

Cupcake Cookie

Can you tell we are currently obsessed with cookie cutters, sugar cookies, and royal icing? Krista made the comment the other day that we bake in trends.

Krista spotted these adorable cupcake cookie cutters at Crate and Barrel and couldn't pass them up. I'm glad she didn't. What kind of kid would be able to resist one of these!?

Cupcake Cookie

Bye-Bye Boobies

Our friend Elizabeth from the gym ordered some very special cake balls from us over the weekend. She was having a Bye-Bye Boobies party in honor and support of a close friend.

Our thoughts for cake balls had wandered to some 'R' rated material but we decided to keep it 'PG.' We made pink cake balls with the breast cancer logo on them. They turned out adorable and were the hit of the party!

The Slew

The Ribbon

I love this picture, we have been practicing our photog skills

Tyler John

I promise this is my last mushy-gushy post for the week. I just couldn't resist and the timing was perfect to tell you all about Tyler John. A few weeks back I had been busy studying and stressing for a certification exam I was preparing for. Tyler and I had just finished dinner and I asked what was for dessert. He asked what I wanted, I told him a chocolate chip cookie. He handed me a bag of 100 calorie Double Chocolate Chip cookies and went back about his business. I didn't think much of it and returned to studying. It was getting close to bedtime so I packed up all my study materials and headed to find Tyler, whom I thought was watching TV.

I walked into the kitchen and found this

Which then turned into this.

I could not believe my eyes. In the 5 years Tyler and I have been dating never once has he baked me anything. Obviously, it's usually the other way around. I was so excited I could hardly stand it! He tried to get me out of the kitchen but I couldn't resist watching and taking a few pictures.

One of my first comments was I didn't think I had any chocolate chips. He said "ohh I found some in the freezer." I looked at the bag on the counter and was sorry to tell him they weren't chocolate chips....they were butterscotch chips.

Butterscotch Chips

Not to worry. I had some chocolate baking bars that I told him he could chop up. No longer chocolate chip cookies, he was making chocolate chunk cookies.

Chocolate Chunks

He was on his way to making some delicious cookies. Here is an action shot. Checking out his recipe book.

Action Shot

Notice how nicely everything is mixing together

Yeah, you better believe it. He broke my mixer. Well, at least the attachment.

Not a Happy Camper

We were able to do a little finagling and put the mixer back together. Here is a picture of the dough. He was definitely a 'fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants' baker. He thought the dough was a little dry so he added another egg.

Cookie Dough

Let me tell you, his cookies were amazing! Cooked to perfection, soft and chewy. You could not ask for a better chocolate chunk cookie. And you may think I am bias but he got a lot of great reviews on these cookies. I was incredibly impressed.

Cookie Slew

Cookie Close-Up

That night alone I ate 3 of these cookies and I cannot even begin to count how many were eaten the next few days. He told me to never expect this again, joking of course! He might have just earned the spot of chocolate chunk cookie maker. =] Thanks Ty! They were absolutely delicious!